Machine for producing braided or plaited lace.



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946,007. A man Jm 11.1010

'lllm annular slide way plates to the correspoml- UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

m im 0I' MNGERIELD. NEAR BARBER, GEBXANIIIIIOB T0 THE m 0l ALI. t l. HENRI, 0l' LANGIRFELD, NEAR Shu, Owl'.

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'45 Barmerstrne, Laiigi-itcltl, near Barmen,

Prussia, German Empire, have invented a new and useful Machine for lroducin'; Braided or Plaited Litec, of which the folowinfis s specitication.

Th a invcn ioli relates toan apparatus for reducing by mechanical moana lare luwng ornamental deal snpertleially applied thereto. Hithcrto t ic sind ornamento ydcaign has been made of distinct warp-like threads which forni a aeparate structure independent from main lace work and arc generally led into the plaitia Iield hy causing them to pala through lio uw ata s o'r like bers which usually connect t ie known ing lower plates or other like pai-ts of the machine frame. 'lhese slide plates being l duplicated and servia with the aid of coua a y.,

ysnicnt secondary lem ing and awitohin `devices, to guide a double system of hu hin-4 by forming sllde.-'|iatlia toi the lower apmdle extremities of auch bobbins, the mimi lace work via alternately made on the external or internal of the two known concentric ,alidc` plates by means of thereapectivc two ayaama of plaitin appliances, so that the aaid` a ppca r warpthreads may correspondingl't.

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and remainder a'certain en th o 'the ri ht oi' lcft side of the ace. In such pliqu lace, ait genera ly detlned by the fore-y going statement is yet a very imperfect one ainl very limited, in conneoaenee of the nceesaa straight course of the warp thi-cada in 'respect to the characteriof the appliqu figures, and to obtain a eimer imita-tion o v real a'ppliqu lace'by mechanical means it haa been proposed to usc n combination of two lace machines connected bv intermediate ,racewaya for intertwining the bobhins of the two machines. This known principle ls the. hasis of my present invention hy which l am ahla t o produce mechanically a mont faithful u'uitatiou of manually .made applnui plait work, inasmuch as l'um also ena ltd to produce, on the plaiting rinciple, the, appliqu ornamcntations o Amy new ,nnprovet 'lace which is thus made sus ccptiblc of ii great alid almost indeiini.: variety `of li uw or designs, the intermittent uttachmcn of the hitter to the main or ground lace work heing likcwiae mechanic.

ally und automatically ctlectcd by plait intei-lavement ofthe. respective lace und np-` plnpi threads.` v

'llufundamental conce tion of the new method of the mechanical imitation of man ually plotted appliqu lace eonairta in catiaing the threats ervin to make the apili ii ligure# to run o also from plaiting ob ms as is the case for all the other thi'cadsconstitntingthe mainround. Thus the warp threads used in ma ing appliqu larel of the explained known structure and which are so to speak, lpiitc inactive nre re placed hy threads which are active since tho plait hohbina carrying theaame are moved as may be nccensiiryfor introducing into the f icld, in accordance with the profed i'cmgn they applique threads. either by ein 'interlaced' one with the other or hf; inter acement with the threads forming the main lace work, and for this urpooe the -aaid pluiting hobhins are guide( within thc new rature in the pres-'ent invention, that v rangements in the b ohhin guiding. disengog-- ing and reiingaging device being provided hy meaiw of which, in certain intervals, the

- two` plaiting systems are brought to work the ont` into the other. as is determined h v the f distances. lengths alid character ordesign ino of the lare parts, wlwichy thc uttiiclnnrnt of thcappliqu figures to the lace ground work,

'i'. c. corre-mailling intcrlaceineut of thi` appliqiai and lace threads, is etl'ccted in pluiting style. that euch of the two plaitimz `vstcms must hp canablesot two ditlrreut modes of` opera- Froin this statement it appears V t which shows. I iyl uy ol' i yetleet the generalurriingeniciit ot' distingo ing und reiiiigiiging devicesV ile-'erihcd in t ic iut shown iii the iiecoiu uinyiiig; driiwiiig t l l-lii.-tr:ition it pm-t pliin of ii coiiipoiind phitingiiiiichine :i-diipt- 1: ed to produce nppiiipn' hice iiccoi'diiig to the i .lower siirliiceii ol' the guiding disks c (which,

.plane ofthe upper. surfaces of the slide vpliites, a

new method. uni which also c.\hl-it. other new cv'striictioiinl l'eiitiircs which :irc meinvention.

Referring lo the drawing n. l :we rc-pcc t'itcly the citei'iuil und intci'uul iiiiiiiihir lido phite. -.-e:ic li ii'uidi iii one piece. while theA tliirtl .elide plntc r c-iiiipi'iseil of e\cr.il -clcniente. 'I`lie tlirce pluie fr, l. :ire connected in :my known iininncr to -:i c-irrt-poiidiiiig' lower, likewise iiiiiiiihir, l'i'iiiiiiphite. hy i menne ot' ittiilrs not shown on the drnwingg. The ed ge of tlicguidu wiii's providid iii the inist-mh cil slide phite a, h, r iii-e formed with bltlnted points ir so tlint they otl'er roeieling surfaces for the stems i when :it rest. as' Shown on the yilruwing'. 'l'he pivoci il nre lixctl in the .inutil iniiimcrto the iinniihirt freine. pluie concentric with the eireiihir piirts ol' the piiidin v edges. iinil cnrriI :it their I upper-endet ie gtiii ing disks c. llctiveeii the t vlutter and the l'i'ii'nie pluto :ind mount-:d

loosely on the pivots d are the driving del vices, which iii'e prefcriililv constructed on t the system ex iliiiiied in t ie United States lV liitent No. tilt .39ML nud nrc indicated ontlie iimiexed driiwiiig liv dotted lines lettered Il I l c f, y, li. lheiie tlriiingilislin f, y. h which neiii'ly touch willi their upper fnccs, the

in turn, have their npper surfaces in the b, e) iinpiirt the necessary motion to the p siting spindles, of which only the steinii i src shown on the drawing, `iiiieh mo-l tion bein controlled by the switches le. k and the t isengii ing and reiiiignizing organs acted nipoti by t e iicquiird pulling device, the neit drivin dists being rotated in alterniite directions iy known means, siicli its nrc for instance described in the before iiient ioned United Stuten Piitcnt No. tithlt'tt).

'llie two l'oriiiii of iovitclieii k, k dill'cr 1 only with regiird to their iii'riiiigeinent on l the external or internul or on the intern diiite` portionofthe-slide piste a, b, c. For

ilie intermediate slide phite tbe switches tire nitide with ii ciirvededge portion or blunted t point e. so tliiit, together with tlie guide wiiy edges situated uiiiku'mnith, they otler reet ing` surfaces for the steine i' when st. rest., ss

`shown on the driiwn r. The switcliag L' und thc upper siii'fiices of which ure tliiiii lliiiili.

with thciipper nurfuce ol the eliile pliites.

'lhe` dieciigiigingr und ren iiging or sns, the iinnihci' of .which is cqiislzto tliitt o the stems 1' ure nitide iii t'oiir ditlercnt sets, the iiieiuhei-s of euch set v'srying from the ineini y i hers of the other sette either in forni or in vliil iii e iinpotind planting according to tliii-- t l I dimensions. of "which two sets sresdii ted iii,'r wstcin.' 'llie round livsrs the disciig'ngiiig und reiings mounted. nre iixiilly shift in necordiiiice with the design which is to be prodiiecd'in the hi -i sind its -iippliqtii'i ornamentation, such .shifting movement. bein linowii` iiiiinner by the jscqiisr controllin deiice. ll the action of springe the eli :dile hiirs ure always retrseted to their up per iosition, in which they'sre sdiipted for com ucting the stems s' into their'n'stng pinces or for retsinin them therein. The owcrng ofthe bars j fornllowing eci-tuin stems i to eirenhite in etected by mesiiii of eordfi und levers cooperating with s jse-` quiird cliiiin. All these srrsngements'iire preei-iihly mede according te'tlie United y, upon whichI nur levers iire ncxed drawing only one piece of eiieh of the four ditlerent. types l, l, l', l* of disen gllglllf! sente( in order to svoid useless comp icstioii. 'llie levcritl sind l' tire simil'sr ont' tothe other in form, but. dierent in sim. und the stime is true ofdevers l Intl l', 'llie multiple srriin ment of the fottitypen` of organs is eviden from the dirosition ot the `round bsrs these being s shown iii the drawing. or the levers l' siid l* the sinsll circles j' shown on the drawings in dotted linee indicste thst the ssd levers sre and reengsging levers is re re- 'i iii-ranged to penetrate slso the lower snnuhir frnnie piste, thereby reeeivin their eeeond, lower, besring for the sli nig moreinent which is produced in dependence 'upon the jiicqusrtl-iihifter.

Aei to the bobbin motion, it msy be srticiihirly iitiited thst one psrt of the w ole existing number of pleit. bobbins is producmangi l'lv lt Il th evicea, w ii e imn aiieoua y -on e' plaiting path, the other partof the.

l opor ing-'for a certain len h of time a certain i measure of the main acc'work in one plaitpothbe'ing accordin ly acted upon to y the guiding, riving and disenbobbins is working, likewise in individual coleratioii, a corresponding ortioii of .the appl iq'ii ligure or design, exc usively using to that etlcct'threadii thiit nre supplied riitc'or individual action ol the two groupe of bobbing are brought. iiito intcrcoiiimunb cation, eo tliiit intertacenient. tnltee place between t'liietlireads issuing'froni the appliqu ligure and. from the line onvwhicli the workp' that the attachment of the ae p ialied applique :u accordance with a certain design alao pre scribed for the attcliment aectiona of the" in of the round hice was interni ted e'. e. I s niy mi! uieected likewise in plaiting style and in ap liqu lace.

I t remainsonly to'add that it is not necceiiiiryl to provide auch controllin operation that all ol the bobbine after havin worked aii applliqu lgu hould be carred beck to eac of the plating thatroiii which tbox iaeued, but that for he pui'poae ofattac ing the appliqu guree-to the main lace work onlya comparatively amall number of li'obbina a miitriep aiting aystema need exchange, by

:wana of the intercommunicatin devices, their roaltlona with a correapon g number o bobb l concentric plianitlrrgmayamnin to of an external p aiting eyatem, an

v from ordinary plaiting bobbiiis. After such sepa- -diiien gin andrelin member bei h locatednopgoeite to 'caga lllgnted point,

ure to the main lace `worlt -guide'wa e of both rtaining to one of the two con,-V

WhatI claim and desire to recon by ht,- tore P atent ot: the United Statea, ia:

1. In a plaitin machine the combination internal plaiting .system concentric thereto, intermediate dieks,.adapted to trana the plaiting bobbin-steme from one o the two ayatema to the other, awitchee and u iiig and rcngeging meiiibera, the gui "wn aofbotha atema havin blunted nt 'adypted vto al ow the boblgmatema aan:

between the vtwo* ayaten the laid khlunted pointe alternating with t e awitchea, and a etantially al eet forth.

2. In a plaitin machine the combination ot an external yp iting ayatem, an intemtl plaiting ayatem concentric thereto, intermediate 'dieka between bothayetemgawitchcaand dieengeging and Mngagiiiimmeinbere, the

ayateina ving blunted pointe a ternating'with the switch the die- HERMANN BUSCHEB-` Witnemaa:

Orio Xonio,

'W Romeno. 

